Pteridophyllum
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Pteridophyllum (Greek, fern leaf, referring to the pinnate lvs.). Papaveraceae. Perennial aeaulescent herbs with a rather thick praemorse rhizome: roots fibrous: lvs. all radical, petiolate, pectinate-pinnatifid: scapes naked, longer than the lvs. with a simple or at base subramose many-fld. raceme; sepals 2, deciduous, very short; petals 4, deciduous, elliptic-concave; stamens 4, deciduous; ovary orbicular, 1-celled, 2-4-eeeded: fr. unknown. One species, Japan, P. racemosum, Sieb. & Zucc. A small glabrous herb with narrowly obovate lvs. 4-6 in. long, about 1 in. broad: segms. oblong-linear, rounded at the apex: scape slender, 6-9 in. tall, bearing a loose raceme of small white fls. Intro, into botanic gardens abroad; probably not otherwise cult. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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